Courts & Legal Guide
Summaries of significant court decisions and legal news affecting Liverpool and the region.
A growing push to tackle misleading duplicate and digitally altered images in Liverpool's housing and commercial property listings is drawing responses from planners, agents and community groups across the city.
Duplicate and mismatched images in local planning and housing databases are causing real delays for homeowners, renters, and community groups across the city.
From Georgian terraces in Everton to converted warehouses on the waterfront, duplicate and mismatched property images are distorting Liverpool's housing market, and city figures are calling for tighter rules.
From the Baltic Triangle to the waterfront, property listings featuring digitally altered or wrongly attributed photographs are drawing complaints from buyers, heritage groups and city planners alike.
A growing backlog of outdated, duplicated and misleading images on council planning portals and heritage registers has quietly distorted how Liverpool's built environment is understood, documented and developed.
From heatwave planning to housing costs and civic security, Liverpool's July 2026 snapshot reveals a city making hard choices, and in some cases, getting them right.
From Toxteth to the Waterfront, city leaders, health chiefs and community advocates are speaking out on the issues defining Liverpool's summer of 2026.